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SAFETY. Unsecured without any harness, a worker manages to climb one of the posts of a three-story building that is under construction along San Pedro Street in Davao City. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

Bill on labor safety approved by Congress bicam

A bicameral conference committee (bicam) by the Lower and Upper House approved on Monday a bill which seeks to strengthen compliance of employees with occupational safety and health standards (OSHS). It also seeks to amend the 41-year-old Labor Code of the Philippines which, at present, does not declare unlawful violations of OSHS.

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Read more about the article IP group lauds LGU edicts vs PH terror list
GONG PLAYERS. Tribal men of Cordillera People's Alliance wear traditional vestments as they play the traditional instrument, gong, during the protest march.

IP group lauds LGU edicts vs PH terror list

An international indigenous people (IP) group on Thursday commended the move of local government units (LGU) in Northern Luzon for coming out with resolutions opposing the terrorist tagging by the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte of human rights advocates.

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Read more about the article Groups express outrage over massacre of Palestinians protesting transfer of Israel embassy to Jerusalem
Members of the Lumad and Moro's group, Sandugp, lead a protest in front of the US Embassy in Manila on Thursday, May 17, 2018, condemning the killings of Palestinians in the Gaza strip. (Photo courtesy of Sandugo)

Groups express outrage over massacre of Palestinians protesting transfer of Israel embassy to Jerusalem

Various multi-sectoral groups condemned the massacre of 58 protesting Palestinians by Israeli forces during the opening of a US embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, the deadliest day since the end of the 2014 Gaza conflict.

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